1st Edition

Kipling and Orientalism (Routledge Revivals)

By B. J. Moore-Gilbert Copyright 1986
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1986, this book sets Kipling firmly in the historical context not only of contemporary India but of prior Anglo-Indian writers about India. Despite his enthusiastic reception in England as ‘revealer of the East’, in India he seems to have been regarded as just one more Anglo-Indian writer. The author demonstrates the traditionalism of Kipling’s use of the themes of Anglo-Indian... Read more

1. Kipling’s Contexts  2. "Gorgeous East" versus "Land of Regrets"  3. A Sense of Insecurity  4. Strategic Conflicts within "Orientalism"  5. The Problem of Solidarity  6. "Orientalism" and Narrative;  Bibliography;  Index

Biography

Moore-Gilbert, B. J.